Eric Reffitt was charged Friday with two crimes, one a felony, in connection with his conduct this week at a local strip club

5:47 PM,
Jun. 13, 2014

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The past three days in the life of Eric Wayne Reffitt are a testament to how quickly things can unravel in the wake of a bad choice - in this case, apparently the over-consumption of alcohol at a bachelor party.

When the 30-year-old Reffitt took part in that party early Wednesday at the Joker's Wild strip club, 2206 S. Madison St., he was a veteran of more than six years with the Ball State University Police Department.

He would be arrested that morning, after he allegedly began waving a knife in the bar, accidentally causing minor injuries to a friend, and then walked across Madison Street and ...